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In addition to the sentences, the investigation resulted in the forfeiture of approximately $200,000 in U.S. currency and approximately $800,000 in real and personal property.

BOWLING GREEN, KY -- United States Attorney David J. Hale announced the sentencing of the last of 21 defendants prosecuted in a large marijuana distribution ring operating from June 2008 to February 2010, in Warren County, Kentucky.

Late Wednesday Senior Judge Thomas B. Russell sentenced Brian Miller of Bowling Green, to 120 months in prison for his role in a conspiracy to distribute more than 1,000 kilograms of marijuana in the Western District of Kentucky.

“The successful conclusion of this multi-defendant drug trafficking case follows from an effective and coordinated law enforcement effort,” stated U.S. Attorney Hale. “We commend the good work of the Bowling Green-Warren County Drug Task Force and the DEA. These important federal and local partnerships are working to reduce the drug trafficking and the violent crime that all too often is associated with drug trafficking organizations, throughout the Western District of Kentucky.”

“This is what can be accomplished when we all work together and share information,” stated Thomas M. Loving, Director, Bowling Green-Warren County Drug Task Force.

All of the defendants pleaded guilty to various drug trafficking and/or money laundering charges, while some pleaded guilty to reduced charges.

The indictments in U.S. District Court were returned by a grand jury on November 3, 2010, April 6, 2011, and March 14, 2012. Defendants were sentenced in United States District Court, in Bowling Green, on December 4, 2012, and on February 28, 2013.

Differences between the sentences received for the same charge are attributable to the individual defendant’s criminal history record, which is an important factor in federal sentencing procedures.

In addition to the sentences noted above, all defendants who received a prison sentence would be placed on supervised release for a period of at least three years after serving the imposed sentence. There is no parole in the federal prison system.

Two defendants had charges dismissed on a motion by the United States, and one defendant, Francisco Parra of Rio Pico, Arizona, was acquitted at trial.

In addition to the sentences, the investigation resulted in the forfeiture of approximately $200,000 in U.S. currency and approximately $800,000 in real and personal property..The cases were prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney Larry Fentress, and investigated by the Bowling Green-Warren County Drug Task Force and the United States Drug Enforcement Administration.

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